Part 2—Prevention orders
- (a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years;
- (b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine or both.
(4) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, it is not open to the court by or before which the person is convicted to make an order for conditional discharge in respect of the offence.
31Cross-border enforcement
(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend section 30(1) so as to add to or remove from the list of orders in that section any relevant UK order.
(2) “Relevant UK order” means an order under the law of Scotland or Northern Ireland which appears to the Secretary of State to be equivalent or similar to—
- (a) a slavery and trafficking prevention order,
- (b) an interim slavery and trafficking prevention order,
- (c) a slavery and trafficking risk order, or
- (d) an interim slavery and trafficking risk order.
32Rules of court
(1) Rules of court may provide for a youth court to give permission for an application under section 15 or 23 against a person aged 18 or over to be made to the youth court if—
- (a) an application to the youth court has been made, or is to be made, under that section against a person aged under 18, and
- (b) the youth court thinks that it would be in the interests of justice for the applications to be heard together.
(2) Rules of court may, in relation to a person reaching the age of 18 after proceedings against that person by virtue of this Part have begun—
- (a) prescribe circumstances in which the proceedings may or must remain in the youth court;
- (b) make provision for the transfer of the proceedings from the youth court to an adult magistrates’ court (including provision applying sections 21 and 28 with modifications).
33Guidance to chief officers of police etc
(1) The Secretary of State must issue guidance to chief officers of police, immigration officers and the Director General of the National Crime Agency in relation to the exercise by them of their powers under this Part.
(2) The Secretary of State may, from time to time, revise the guidance issued under subsection (1).
(3) The Secretary of State must arrange for any guidance issued or revised under this section to be published in a way the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
34Interpretation of Part 2
(1) In this Part—
